Sun October 06, 2024

By Jeff Smithpeters

Community Business Events

Second annual Taste of Hope brings foodies to downtown Saturday night

Taste Of Hope Hope Downtown Network
Second annual Taste of Hope brings foodies to downtown Saturday night
The second annual Taste of Hope Saturday night featured several of the city’s restaurants offering samples of the dishes their owners were most proud of.  Ticket holders got their bracelets and their aluminum muffin tins from a table under an awning on East Second Street and made their way to The Hub’s Pavilion to be served. Most ate at the picnic tables nearby. 

In keeping with this year’s theme of Diners & Drive-ins of Hope, the evening also featured 60s and 70s tunes and an Elvis performer, a photo display of past Hope eateries, and a drive-in movie in the Pocket Park, 1964’s Mary Poppins, which was well-attended by many Hope children. 

Attendees could also play Bingo, help paint a new mural on the east wall of the Pwa ocket Park, see the proposed maps for the Hope for the Future project and vote with donations on the next project the Hope Downtown Network (HDN) will undertake in the coming year. That winning project will be announced Monday. 

The night was a fundraiser for HDN as well as a competition for the restaurants that set up tables.  The winners, announced on HDN's facebook site, were as follows: 

Best Appetizer- Amigo Juan 

Best Entrée- Sheba’s 

Best Dessert-The Melon Patch 

Best Decor-Sheba’s 

Best Overall-BigMac’s BBQ 

Here are a few pictures we snapped Saturday night. 

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